1877.] 



SENATE— Xo. 5. 



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Concerning the Coleoptera, the United States collection is 

 throughout in order, and has been used by several students. 

 For the general collection, the arrangement of the Curculi- 

 onidse, Brenthidae, Anthribidae, Bruchiche, is finished. The 

 collection contains for those families about one-third of the 

 species known aud two-thirds of the genera. 



The large addition of specimens determined by first-class 

 authorities allowed us to arrange the Staphylinidce and Psela- 

 phidae, containing about one-fifth of the known species. 

 During the last mouth the Buprestidse were arranged, and 

 the familv of Carabidae commenced. 



